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Head  Quarters,  Dist.  of  Texas,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona, 

Houston,  Texas,  February  19th,  1863. 

GE.VERAL  ORDERS,  I 
No.  29.  \ 

I.  Any  Conscripts,  and  those  liable  to  Conscript  duty,  whose  services 
may  be  required  by  Major  S.  Hart,  or  Major  A.  W.  McKee,  in  executing 
the  duty  confided  to  them  by  the  Government,  will  be  detailed  to  them  upon 
their  application.  // 

Those  liable  to  Conscription  will  be  enrolled,  and  the  names  and  descrip- 
tive list  of  all  Conscripts  thus  employed,  will  be  forwarded  by  Enrolling. 
Officers,  both  to  the  Superintendent  of  Conscripts  at  Austin,  as  well  as  to 
these  Head  Quarters  direct. 

Majors  Hart  and  McKee  will  also  be  careful  to  forward  a  correct  list  of 
all  Conscripts  now  in  their  employ,  and  a  similar  return  on  the  first  of  each 
month,  beginning  on  the  1st  day  of  March,  next.  These  returns  will  show 
any  changes  occurring  during  the  month. 

Any  Conscripts  discharged  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  Camp  of  Instruc- 
tion, or,  where  the  distance  is  great,  to  the  nearest  Military  Post. 

By  Command  of 

Maj.  Gen.  J.  BANKHEAD  MAGRUDER, 

H.  MERCER    STANARD, 

Ai'i-uV-Camp. 


Hollinger  Corp. 
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